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Virajpet population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Karnataka, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 17,246 people
Households 4,380 PCA households
Literacy rate 93.12% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 42.03% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 17,246 8,724 8,522 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,641 860 781 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 14,531 7,451 7,080 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 93.12% 94.75% 91.46% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,680 804 876 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 360 174 186 Total workersCensus workers 7,249 5,273 1,976 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 42.03% 60.44% 23.19% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,618 4,875 1,743 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 631 398 233 Non-workerspeople 9,997 3,451 6,546
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 4,380 households and 17,246 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.52% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.75% for males and 91.46% for females. Of 7,249 workers, 91.3% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 6 5 Agricultural labourers 21 5 Household industry workers 27 37 Other workers 6,564 584
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Virajpet (TP) 576 05568 17,246
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.